ESPN, Inc. and Conference USA have entered into an exclusive
eight-year agreement which begins in the 2001 football season and the
2001-2002 basketball season and incorporates ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Regional
Television, ESPN.com and ESPN Classic. It was announced by John Wildhack,
ESPN senior vice president, programming and Mike Slive, Conference USA
Commissioner. As part of this arrangement, Conference USA and ABC Sports
have reached an agreement to televise future potential Conference USA
football Championship Games.

The multi-faceted agreement is highlighted by: ESPN/ESPN2's
first-time coverage of Conference USA football featuring weeknight games;
televising future Conference USA Football Championship Games on ABC Sports;
men's basketball coverage Fridays on ESPN and Wednesdays on ESPN2;
syndication and network rights for the conference's football and basketball
coverage through ESPN Regional Television; marketing rights and more.
"We are thrilled to expand our relationship with Conference USA on both the
national and regional level," said Wildhack. "Multi-faceted agreements such
as this one involving the many ESPN entities and ABC Sports set us apart and
allow us to enhance our position as the leader in college sports coverage.
Weeknight football and establishing a Friday night basketball franchise are
just two of the many fan-friendly elements of this arrangement."

Conference USA Commissioner Mike Slive added: "Conference USA is
pleased and excited about its partnership with ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports.
This agreement enhances the Conference's primetime exposure in a very
significant way. By combining football and men's and women's basketball on
ESPN, plus the opportunity to add a championship football game on ABC, fans
will be able to watch Conference USA throughout the year on the many ESPN
entities and ABC Sports."

ESPN, INC. -- CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL

Exclusive national cable television coverage of the conference on
ESPN and ESPN2 with 10 games annually (including several in primetime),
highlighted by:

Tuesday and/or Wednesday night games

Select Thursday and Saturday games

Rights to a future Football Championship Game for ABC Sports

ESPN Regional Television will syndicate select games and will be the
network rightsholder for Conference USA football.

Pay-per-view rights for ESPN's GamePlan package

ESPN, INC. -- CONFERENCE USA BASKETBALL

Exclusive national cable television coverage of the conference on
ESPN and ESPN2 with at least 19 men's games annually, including:

Seven Friday night games on ESPN

Seven Wednesday night games on ESPN2

Select early-season games

ESPN Regional Television will continue as network rightsholder and
regional syndication rightsholder. The syndicated package will include 14
regular-season men's games plus 10 Conference Tournament games to local and
regional Conference USA markets.

ESPN Regional Television will produce no less than 10 women's games.
In addition, ESPN2 will televise the Women's Conference Championship.

Marketing Rights: ESPN Regional Television will have corporate
marketing rights for Conference USA, including the Men's Basketball
Championship and a future Football Championship Game.

CONFERENCE USA

Conference USA and its member institutions - Army (football),
Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, East Carolina, Houston, Louisville,
Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, South Florida, Southern Miss, TCU, Tulane
and UAB - span 13 states in 13 major markets. Conference USA football, which
began competition in 1996, has sent 13 teams to bowls in the last five
years. The league has consistently rated as one of the top basketball
leagues in the country sending 33 teams to postseason play, while drawing
more than 1.5 million fans each year putting the league among the nation's
leaders in home attendance.